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Archives for September 2025

Tech leaders take turns flattering Trump at White House dinnerTech leaders take turns flattering Trump at White House dinner
Microsoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a yearMicrosoft 365 Personal is now free for US college students for a year
Xbox engineer brings Windows Mixed Reality headsets back to lifeXbox engineer brings Windows Mixed Reality headsets back to life
Microsoft is about to shake up its Copilot pricing for businessesMicrosoft is about to shake up its Copilot pricing for businesses
Silksong’s release is hammering Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo storesSilksong’s release is hammering Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo stores
Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976
A PlayStation game is now the best-selling game on XboxA PlayStation game is now the best-selling game on Xbox
Microsoft’s PowerToys are about to add two big missing Windows featuresMicrosoft’s PowerToys are about to add two big missing Windows features
Microsoft gave Perfect Dark’s developers a chance to save the game — after it was already canceledMicrosoft gave Perfect Dark’s developers a chance to save the game — after it was already canceled
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Microsoft has a discount AI deal for the US government too.

The GSA and Microsoft announced a discount deal on Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, and other services, promising “potential savings of $3.1 billion in the first year” with free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for one year.

OpenAI and Anthropic already offered similar discounts for AI access, but what’s the price in year two?

AI companies are chasing government users with steep discounts

Lauren Feiner
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gets better DLSS 4 support.

Asobo Studios has updated Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to include DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support. RTX 50-series owners will be able to enable up to 4x Multi Frame Generation, while RTX 40-series GPUs can still enable the regular Frame Generation support with DLSS 4.

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